Congenital myasthenic syndromes: current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (GDD) is a recessively inherited neurometabolic disorder associated with encephalopathic crises and severe extrapyramidal symptoms. Treatment regimens including glucose and electrolyte infusions during acute illnesses, oral carnitine supplementation and/or a low-protein ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hoffmann GF,Athanassopoulos S,Burlina AB,Duran M,de Klerk JB,Lehnert W,Leonard JV,Monavari AA,Müller E,Muntau AC,Naughten ER,Plecko-Starting B,Superti-Furga A,Zschocke J,Christensen E

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro syndrome is a rare condition in which congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, and facial dysmorphism are associated with severe neurological disorders, namely: microcephaly and psychomotor retardation. We report on polymicrogyria and motor neuropathy in a patient with Micro syndrome. These findings provide new ins...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Nassogne MC,Henrot B,Saint-Martin C,Kadhim H,Dobyns WB,Sébire G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the spectrum of muscle involvement on MRI in patients with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD2) due to mutations in the lamin A/C gene and to compare it to the pattern found in other conditions with similar phenotype. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nine pat...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mercuri E,Counsell S,Allsop J,Jungbluth H,Kinali M,Bonne G,Schwartz K,Bydder G,Dubowitz V,Muntoni F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sibs with an encephalopathy, including intracerebral calcification and a white matter disease, are reported. In the younger sister, the cerebrospinal fluid showed chronic pleocytosis and clinically she strictly fits to the diagnosis of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. Both sisters were affected by a spastic tetraplegia...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ostergaard JR,Christensen T,Nehen AM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited diseases. The natural history of these disorders along with their management have changed mainly due to a better understanding of their pathophysiology, the evolution of standards of care, and new treatment options. Dystrophinopathies include both Duchenne's ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Domingos J,Sarkozy A,Scoto M,Muntoni F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinico-pathological findings regarding a 9 year-old girl with some clinical features of Kleine-Levin syndrome who died suddently as a result of pulmonary embolism in the course of femoro-iliac thrombophlebitis. Neuropathological examination provided evidence of perivascular inflammatory infiltrates and ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fenzi F,Simonati A,Crosato F,Ghersini L,Rizzuto N

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aim to correlate size and shape of corpus callosum with severity of motor and cognitive impairments in children with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). METHODS:Children with PVL were stratified based on the severity of their motor and cognitive impairments. An age-matched control group was established. The...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Davatzikos C,Barzi A,Lawrie T,Hoon AH Jr,Melhem ER

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 16-year-old girl with a unique neuromuscular disorder characterised by progressive proximal muscle weakness and numerous tubular aggregates, intracytoplasmic, as well as intranuclear inclusions of the IBM type in her muscle biopsy. The clinical features of the presented case, as manifested by the early ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fidziańska A,Kamińska A,Ryniewicz B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of frequently prescribed gastrointestinal drugs can cause movement disorders in children, as well as in adults. In our centre for paediatric neurology, we saw a 3-year-old girl with abnormal movements mostly of the legs with an inner restlessness (akathisia) while using cisapride. Another patient, a 17-year-o...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Elzinga-Huttenga J,Hekster Y,Bijl A,Rotteveel J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal seizures are the most prevalent and distinctive sign of neurologic dysfunction in early life and pose an immense challenge for clinicians. Improvements in neonatal care have increased the survival rate of extremely premature infants, considerably changing the spectrum of underlying etiologies, and instigating...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ramantani G,Schmitt B,Plecko B,Pressler RM,Wohlrab G,Klebermass-Schrehof K,Hagmann C,Pisani F,Boylan GB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) is a congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterized by linear nevus with a significant involvement of the nervous, ophthalmological and skeletal systems. Clinical manifestations of ENS include neurological features such as mental retardation, seizures, and movement disorders which are ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mall V,Heinen F,Uhl M,Wellens E,Korinthenberg R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial extent and distribution of leptomeningeal angiomatosis, visualized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Gadolinium-DTPA (Gd-DTPA) enhancement, is demonstrated in four children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Aged 7, 9, 11 and 19 months, they presented with cutaneous, neurologic and ocular symptoms a...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Sperner J,Schmauser I,Bittner R,Henkes H,Bassir C,Sprung C,Scheffner D,Felix R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine kinase (ADK) deficiency (OMIM [online mendelian inheritance in man]: 614300) is an autosomal recessive disorder of adenosine and methionine metabolism, with a unique clinical phenotype, mainly involving the central nervous system and dysmorphic features. Patients usually present early in life with sepsis-lik...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Alhusani A,Obaid A,Blom HJ,Wedell A,Alfadhel M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 7-year-old boy with serologic evidence of active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection who developed transient unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy, with complete recovery within 21 days. This is, to our knowledge, the youngest reported patient with isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy in the context of EBV infecti...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Parano E,Giuffrida S,Restivo D,Saponara R,Greco F,Trifiletti RR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disorder, which is caused by partial deletion of the short arm of one chromosome 4. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings are lacking. We report on brain findings in 10 children with WHS. We evaluated the MR imaging films of 10 subjects affected by WHS, which h...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Righini A,Ciosci R,Selicorni A,Bianchini E,Parazzini C,Zollino M,Lodi M,Triulzi F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study were: to examine the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to establish the possible effect of behaviour problems on their QOL. One-hundred children with CP, aged between 4 and 10 years, and both their parents were included in the study. Both parents co...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Romeo DM,Cioni M,Distefano A,Battaglia LR,Costanzo L,Ricci D,De Sanctis R,Romeo MG,Mazzone D,Mercuri E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Rett syndrome the autonomic nervous system is abnormal at various levels, from the central to the peripheral nervous system. A role for serotoninergic dysfunction has been suggested. OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to evaluate the relation between cardiac dysautonomia (expressed by means of heart rat...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Guideri F,Acampa M,Blardi P,de Lalla A,Zappella M,Hayek Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 5.3-year-old girl with autism, mental retardation, hypotonia, marked speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features with a 22q11.2 duplication. Her mother carries the same duplication and presents cleft palate, and normal intelligence. The clinical and behavioural phenotype of this relatively new syndrome is...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Lo-Castro A,Galasso C,Cerminara C,El-Malhany N,Benedetti S,Nardone AM,Curatolo P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with 2-deoxy-2 [18F]-fluoro-D-glucose provides a measure of functional brain activity, particularly in the dendritic field. In CLN3 (juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis or juvenile Batten disease, with fingerprint inclusions) hypometabolism slowly spreads from calcarine to anteri...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Philippart M,da Silva E,Chugani HT

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between blood mercury level and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Chinese children in Hong Kong. METHODS:Fifty-two children with ADHD aged below 18 years diagnosed by DSM IV criteria without perinatal brain insults, mental retardation or neurological deficits w...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cheuk DK,Wong V

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study investigates the effect of topical injections of botulinum toxin A into the cephalic salivary glands of children with chronic hypersalivation due to neurodegenerative diseases. METHODS:Five children with hypersalivation due to severe neurological diseases received, under ultrasound guidanc...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ellies M,Rohrbach-Volland S,Arglebe C,Wilken B,Laskawi R,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) carries significant morbidity and mortality even after early treatment with antiviral agents (7). As well as causing acute neurological disease, Herpes viruses are associated with relapsing--remitting (Varicella--Zoster, Epstein-Barr) and chronic (Rasmussen encephalitis) disease...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Asenbauer B,McEntagart M,King MD,Gallagher P,Burke M,Farrell MA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who postoperatively developed extensive multiseptated hydrosyringomyelia following surgical repair of a lumbal meningomyelocele are reported. Since MRI has been available, an increasing number of reports showed that MRI is useful in the diagnosis of hydrosyringomyelia. Hydrosyringomyelia can be considered...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： van Hall MH,Beuls EA,Wilmink JT,Boiten J,Vles JS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The term clinical functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) describes an examination with direct clinical impact on the patient. Interpretation of clinical fMRI especially in children, however, is often difficult due to suboptimal data quality. The current gold standard is standardized visual evaluation. To ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Zsoter A,Staudt M,Wilke M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence of sudden death in Rett syndrome is greater than that of the general population and cardiac electrical instability is a prime suspect cause. Our study shows that girls with Rett syndrome had significantly lower heart rate variability (marker of autonomic disarray) and longer corrected QT intervals compared w...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Guideri F,Acampa M,Hayek G,Zappella M,Di Perri T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia is a segmental, nonatheromatous angiopathy. A 13-year-old patient is reported with stroke. Left-sided carotid angiogram revealed typical findings of fibromuscular dysplasia in the left carotid artery. ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Emparanza JI,Aldamiz-Echevarria L,Perez-Yarza E,Hernandez J,Peña B,Gaztañaga R

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacosamide (LCM) due to no known drug interaction and the absence of metabolic enzyme induction is a good candidate for an add-on medication, especially in combination with lamotrigine, levetiracetam (LEV), oxcarbazepine, topiramate, and valproic acid (VPA). Here we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that LC...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Tountopoulou M,Weschke B,Kaindl AM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome affects young girls. The molecular basis is mysterious. One tenable hypothesis can be that the programmed early infantile death of neuronal cells is reprogrammed. The bcl-2 gene on chromosome 22 has been shown to play a role in the apoptosis process. No sequence abnormalities were detected in the bcl-2 g...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Anvret M,Zhang ZP,Hagberg B

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional MRI mapping of language areas in children frequently employs a covert verb generation task. Because responses are not monitored, the relationship between fMRI activation and task performance is unknown. We compared fMRI activation during covert and overt verb generation to performance during the overt task....

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Vannest J,Rasmussen J,Eaton KP,Patel K,Schmithorst V,Karunanayaka P,Plante E,Byars A,Holland S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced modalities such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion MR tractography offer in vivo information about brain networks and are therefore increasingly used for neurosurgical planning in children also. AIM:This study aims to study the application of routine and advanced tractogra...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Küpper H,Groeschel S,Alber M,Klose U,Schuhmann MU,Wilke M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00